"In a statement posted on X, SpaceX's senior vice president of commercial business, Lauren Dreyer, said the company had "proactively identified and disabled over 2,500 Starlink Kits in the vicinity of suspected scam centers" in Myanmar. She added that SpaceX "complies with local laws in all 150+ markets where Starlink is licensed to operate" and takes "appropriate action" when it detects violations of its acceptable use policy or applicable law."
"The move comes just days after Myanmar's military authorities raided one of the country's largest online fraud operations, a sprawling compound near the Thai border known as KK Park. Officials reportedly detained more than 2,000 people and seized dozens of Starlink terminals believed to have been used by gangs to maintain internet access in the region, where conventional telecom services are often restricted or monitored."
"The KK Park raid marked the latest in a series of crackdowns on human trafficking-linked cybercrime rings operating in special economic zones across Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos. Many of these compounds are believed to be controlled by Chinese-speaking criminal syndicates running online fraud schemes, from crypto investment scams to fake romance and pig-butchering operations, that target victims around the world."
SpaceX identified and disabled over 2,500 Starlink kits near suspected scam centers in Myanmar after discovering satellite internet was sustaining human trafficking and cyber-fraud operations in border zones. Myanmar military raided KK Park, detaining more than 2,000 people and seizing dozens of terminals believed used by gangs to maintain internet where local services are restricted. Crackdowns have targeted compounds across Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos, linked to Chinese-speaking syndicates running crypto investment, romance and pig-butchering scams. Starlink's global coverage and portable hardware enabled syndicates to operate under the radar, with black-market terminals smuggled via Thailand and China.
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